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noun
A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: joint, arthrosis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The manner in which a note is attacked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: joining, connection, connexion
noun
(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: joint, articulatio
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
Narrower terms: fetlock, fetlock joint, hock, hock-joint, stifle, knee, elbow, suture, sutura, fibrous joint, synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis
noun
expressing in coherent verbal form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: voice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expression, verbal expression, verbalism
noun
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronunciation
Narrower terms: affrication, aspiration, epenthesis, nasalization, nasalisation, retroflection, retroflexion, enunciation, diction, syncope, syncopation, sandhi, thickness, trill
noun
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: join, joint, juncture, junction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connection, connexion, link
Narrower terms: esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2r-tú-s Proto-Italic *artus Latin artus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus ▲ Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron)sl. Latin articulus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin articulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.
Across languages
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
